Blue has been a staple color of the Dragon Ball franchise for years now. Even though yellow and gold designed transformations back during the Dragon Ball Z days, Dragon Ball Super changed things when Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan became the most used form in the series. Even before Suepr Saiyan Blue was brought into the picture in Resurrection F, Dragon Ball already had a blue transformation (and it was one of the strongest SSJ forms in DBZ).
Blue is a color that represents true power in Dragon Ball, tinting only the strongest transformations in the franchise – especially in Dragon Ball Super 2, which regularly uses blue for its forms. In fact, blue is basically the peak of the Super Saiyan line of transformations, since Super Saiyan Blue and its variants are the pinnacle of what SSJ can accomplish with God Ki (for now, at least). Best of all, Dragon Ball‘s best blue forms are some of the slickest and most stylish-looking transformations in the series – emphasis on “some.”
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Super Saiyan Rage’s Blue Aura Doesn’t Look Great on Future Trunks
Super Saiyan Rage is an awkward form. It only exists in the Dragon Ball Super anime, how and why Future Trunks accesses the transformation is never truly explained, and it is literally never commented on in-universe. Super Saiyan Rage is one of the series’ genuine mysteries. One thing is obvious, though – it clearly wasn’t designed by Akira Toriyama. In the manga, Future Trunks instead gets healing powers and becomes a Kai apprentice.
Design-wise, Super Saiyan Rage is bland, and is visually carried by the strong art direction and animation in the last few episodes of the Goku Black Saga. The form is really just Future Trunks’ regular Super Saiyan 2 with Super Saiyan Blue’s ki glowing around his body and his eye going all white. The light blue of Super Saiyan Rage’s aura with Future Trunks’ jacket ultimately clash, and how much excess Ki just makes everything look too busy.
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Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken’s Colors Clash Messily
Just like Super Saiyan Rage, Super Saiyan Blue Kaoiken is another Dragon Ball Super transformation that suffers from aggressive auras stacked on top of one another. Funny enough, Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken is another non-Toriyama form that was originally anime exclusive before briefly appearing in the manga. Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken adds a red aura around Goku’s already blue Ki from Super Saiyan Blue.
The activation of Kaioken also tints Goku’s skin completely red. When paired with his Resurrection F gi, he actually looks quite nice. His DBZ dogi doesn’t look bad with Kaioken either, but the blue hair comes off garish when paired with so many red, pink, and orange tones on Goku’s body. It’s an absolute visual mess. Toyotarou’s take in the Dragon Ball Super manga is much more visually muted, and doesn’t make major changes to SSB.
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Super Saiyan Blue Evolved’s Bulkiness & Brilliant Hair Color Really Make It Stand Out
After Goku triggers Ultra Instinct Sign for the first time during the Tournament of Power, Vegeta quickly catches up to his rival by unlocking Super Saiyan Blue Evolved. SSBE is a mutated version of Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan exclusive to Vegeta. Vegeta’s willpower ends up causing a mutation that greatly increases his Power Level, to the point he can tank Destroyer Toppo’s strongest attacks (including a Hakai).
Unlike regular Super Saiyan Blue, Evolved colors Vegeta’s hair in a much darker shade of blue. It looks fantastic with the even darker blue of his armor. Super Saiyan Blue Evolved’s aura is similarly a bold, deep blue that stands out anytime it’s on-screen. As nice as Super Saiyan Blue Evolved looks, it being so colorful almost doesn’t suit Vegeta personality-wise – it would look better on Goku or Vegito. Ultra Ego feels much more in-line with Vegeta’s aesthetic sensibilities.
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Super Saiyan A-Type Broly is a Slick, Underrated Design
The original non-canon version of Broly from Dragon Ball Z had a much darker and more abusive relationship with his father, Paragus, than his Dragon Ball Super counterpart (which is really saying something, considering DBS Paragus is no saint). In both DBZ and Dragon Ball Super, Paragus builds a limiter to suppress Broly’s power and keep him in check. When Broly tries to turn Super Saiyan while wearing his mind control ring in DBZ Movie 8, he instead triggers Super Saiyan A-Type.
Super Saiyan A-Type is a corrupt, mutated version of Super Saiyan that’s being held back by the mind-control rind and Broly’s Legendary Super Saiyan Ki trying to break through. Instead of turning yellow, Broly’s hair turns a mixture of blue and purple. Paired with his all-gold jewelry, red sash, and white belts, Broly looks fantastic in Super Saiyan A-Type. While hardly a blueprint, it’s good early evidence of why Dragon Ball Super making Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta’s main form for so long was such a good idea. Blue just looks good on Saiyans.
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Super Saiyan Blue Looks Amazing With the Right Outfits
There’s no beating a classic. Super Saiyan Blue was a very controversial form upon debut, being accused of being a simple recolor of Super Saiyan (which it is). Design-wise, though, there’s a sense of royalty, regality, and divinity to how Super Saiyan Blue looks visually that really sells the sheer power God Ki has in Dragon Ball Super. SSB also looks top-notch with Goku and Vegeta’s outfits from Resurrection F.
Super Saiyan Blue doesn’t pop as much in their regular Dragon Ball Z outfits, but Goku’s gi pairs well with SSB once he’s down to his blue top, and Vegeta’s armor being ripped up to resemble his Buu Saga spandex does wonders for his Super Saiyan Blue design. There’s a reason Super Saiyan Blue became the face of the Dragon Ball franchise for years: it’s just a good-looking form. Even though it’s a recolor, it’s one of Toriyama’s best designs.
- TV Show(s)
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Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball DAIMA
- First TV Show
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Dragon Ball
- Created by
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Akira Toriyama
- Latest TV Show
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Dragon Ball DAIMA
- Upcoming TV Shows
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Dragon Ball DAIMA
- First Episode Air Date
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February 26, 1986
I’m Abhishek Sharma, an author at TigerJek.com. I enjoy exploring games, testing different strategies, and turning what I learn into clear, useful guides. My goal is to help players understand the game better and improve without the usual confusion.
